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Patented Oct. 16, 1883'.

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"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IvEs w. McGAFFEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR To EVERETT B;

PRESTON, 0E SAME PLACE.

-RAILWAY- -VELOCIPEDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,623, dated October16, 1883.

Application filed March 7,1883. (No man.)

companying drawings, forming a part of. this specification, and thesubjoined description thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a device embodying myinvention, and Fig. 2

is an end view of the same.

In said drawings similar letters of reference indicate like partswherever the same are used.

In the drawings, A represents the railwaytrack upon which the vehicle isadapted to run.

My improved velocipede has three wheels, provided with flanges to fitthe rails of the track, one large driving-wheel, B, and two smallerwheels, 0 and U, one of which, 0, follows the wheel B, and the otherruns upon the opposite rail. The frame consists of a pair of horizontalparallel bars, D D, between which the wheels B and G are mounted. Theseat E is secured to a pair of curved braces, dd, the ends of which aresecured upon the parallel bars D D. The wheel 0 is journaled at one endof the bars D D, and the crankshaft or axis 1) of the large wheel B isjournaled in suitable bearings secured to the curved braces d The wheel0' is journaled upon the end of the transverse bar or axle G, which issecured at one end to the bars DD, and

is braced by means of the diagonal bar G. A. bracerod, 9, also extendsfrom the transverse bar or axle G to the upper part of one of the curvedbraces dd. The cranks b, one on each end of the crank-shaft I), areoperated by a doublelever, b", and connecting-bars b the lever I) beingpivoted to the frame at b. The

. double lever 11' is provided with a handle, 6

at its top.

The frame and the wheels B and 0, excepting the tires thereof, arepreferably made of wood, so as to be of as light construction aspossible; but the wheel 0, which runs on the opposite rail, ispreferably made of iron, so that its Weight may assist in balancing thevehicle, and cause it to run steadily.

In addition to the lever to be operated by the riders hands, I providealso a pair of stirrups, H, connected with the crankshaft, as rests forhis feet, by means of which alone the vehicle maybe propelled, or bywhich it may be propelled in connection with the handlever operatedjointly therewith. In this way it will be seen I am enabled to produce arailway-velocipede of very cheap and simple construction.

In operation, the operator, seated upon the machine, with his feetresting upon the bars D, propels the vehicle by operating the lever b",which is immediately in front of him. It

will be observed that the cranks b and connecting-bars b and thebranches of the double lever b fit astride or outside of the curvedbraces d d.

I claim- 1. In a railway -velocipede, the combinati on of drivewheel B,wheels 0 and 0, framepieces DD, curved bars dd, transverse bars G,diagonal brace G, crank-shaft b, cranks b,

connectingbars b lever b, and seat E, all arranged and operatingsubstantially as specified.

2. The frame of a railway-velocipede, here- 'in shown, consisting of theparallel bars car ryingthe journal of the wheel 0, the curved bracesmounted upon said parallel bars, and Y supporting the shaft of thedrive-wheel and the operator s seat, the transverse bar, and thediagonal bar, all combined and arranged substantially as specified.

Chicago, February 28, 1883.

IVES MOGAFFEY.

Witnesses:

H. lWL MUNDAY, T. EVERETT BROWN.

